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The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature

Autor Steven Pinker
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 5 iun 2008
InThe Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature, Steven Pinker looks at how the relationship between words and thoughts can help us understand who we are.

Why do so many swear words involve topics like sex, bodily functions or the divine? Why do some children's names thrive while others fall out of favour? Why do we threaten and bribe and seduce in such elaborate, often comical ways? How can a choice of metaphor damn a politician or start a war? And why do we rarely say what we actually mean?

Language, as Steven Pinker shows, is at the heart of our lives, and through the way we use it - whether to inform, persuade, entertain or manipulate - we can glimpse the very essence of what makes us human.

'Awesome'
  Daily Mail

'Highly entertaining ... funny and thought-provoking'
  The Times

'Anyone interested in language should readThe Stuff of Thought... moments of genuine revelation and some very good jokes'
  Mark Haddon,Sunday TelegraphBooks of the Year

'No one writes about language as clearly as Steven Pinker, and this is his best book yet'
  David Crystal,Financial Times

Steven Pinkeris the Johnstone Family Professor in the Department of Psychology at Harvard University. Until 2003, he taught in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at MIT. He conducts research on language and cognition, writes for publications such asThe New York Times,TimeandSlate, and is the author of six books, includingThe Language Instinct,How the Mind WorksandThe Blank Slate.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780141015477
ISBN-10: 0141015470
Pagini: 512
Ilustrații: Illustrations
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.35 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Notă biografică

Steven Pinkeris one of the world's most influential thinkers and writers on the human condition. His popular and highly praised books includeThe Better Angels of Our Nature,The Sense of Style,The Stuff of Thought,The Blank Slate,How the Mind Works, andThe Language Instinct. The recipient of several major awards for his teaching, books, and scientific research, Pinker is Harvard College Professor and Johnstone Family Professor of Psychology at Harvard University. He also writes frequently for TheNew York Times, theGuardianand other publications. He has been named Humanist of the Year, Prospect magazine's "The World's Top 100 Public Intellectuals," Foreign Policy's "100 Global Thinkers," andTimemagazine's "The 100 Most Influential People in the World Today."

Recenzii

Astonishingly readable
Perceptive, amusing and intelligent
No one writes about language as clearly as Steven Pinker, and this is his best book yet
Immensely readable and stimulating. Pinker is a master at making complex ideas palatable
Awesome ... Pinker writes lucidly and elegantly, and leavens the text with scores of perfectly judged anecdotes, jokes, cartoons and illustrations

Descriere

He shows how we use space and motion as metaphors for more abstract ideas, and uncovers the deeper structures of human thought that have been shaped by evolutionary history. He also explores the emotional impact of language, from names to swear words, and shows us the full power that it can have over us. And, with this book, he also shows just how stimulating and entertaining language can be.